Sunday

I've Got the Blues...

....But that's not a bad thing. In fact I have a LOT of Blues -Blue Jays that is! They are abundant in my area.And the ones here do NOT fight with the other birds...I'm told they do that in some areas. When I shot this - there were at least 6 of them hanging out together. I guess it helped that I put somepeanuts out for them to snack on.

I know why the Blue Jays don't fight where you live ... it's because they're actual Blue Jays.

I live in California and we don't have Blue Jays here, but I didn't find this out until recently... I was in an area of Nevada talking to some people who were visiting from another state. A beautiful blue bird came and landed nearby and I commented on how pretty it was. The guy I was talking to said, "That's a Blue Jay." I said, "THAT'S a BLUE JAY? Wow, that's not what Blue Jays look like where I live!" And he told me that's because the birds people refer to as "Blue Jays" here in the western states are actually Stellar's Jays. He said Stellar's Jays are the bad-tempered ones that are constantly fighting; Blue Jays don't. I did some research, and sure enough, two totally different (although related) birds with completely different dispositions.

So when you hear people say Blue Jays fight, they're most likely talking about Stellar's Jays and they just don't realise they're not actual Blue Jays. :)

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